<p><b>There is no one quite like Brian Blessed. He's an actor, film star, trained undertaker, unlikely diplomat, secret romantic, martial artist and mountaineer. He's also a brilliant storyteller who will – and you must brace yourself – simply leap out of the pages at you. </b><br><br>Ready? Then start <i>Absolute Pandemonium</i> and you'll be taken on a riotous journey from his childhood, growing up the son of a miner in Goldthorpe, to finding fame in <i>Z-Cars</i>. You'll see Brian falling for Katharine Hepburn on the set of <i>The Trojan Wome</i>n, suffering wires strapped round his wotsits as he was hoisted into the heavens on <i>Flash Gordon</i>, almost causing an international incident when meeting the Emperor and Empress of Japan, and winning round George Lucas to get the role of Boss Nass on <i>Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace</i>.<br><br>Alon